Van Drew Says NJ Democrat Chairman Pressured Him to Vote for Impeachment, Led to GOP Switch

Van Drew Says NJ Democrat Chairman Pressured Him to Vote for Impeachment, Led to GOP Switch
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), left, meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Dec. 19, 2019. Van Drew left the Democrat Party for the GOP over the former's shift away from moderates. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) said Sunday one of the reasons he made the decision to switch from the Democrat Party to the GOP came after a Democrat county party chairman in New Jersey told him to vote in favor of impeachment or face the consequences.

“It made me think for all the years that I’ve worked so hard and tried to give so much not only to the party but to everybody… it all boils down to that I may have my own individual opinion on one vote and that’s not going to be allowed, and I’m going to be punished for that, and that’s when I knew,” Van Drew told “Fox News Futures.”
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